-
Originally Posted by Hammertone
Thank you very much to let us see the whole process of that resurrection. This guitar looks gorgeous and I would be very interested to hear it.
By the way, I'm lucky you posted this photograph of an opened vintage l7c box. As I can see, the neck block is narrower than the measurements given in the benedetto book (I'm working on a repro of the l7)
Can I ask you the weight your guitar ?
-
12-28-2022 04:16 AM
-
Here's another one - a L-5/JS/ES-350 mashup: a '54 Gibson ES-350, with a JS-style top either made by or installed by Benedetto. Old JS pickup, L-5 tailpiece. Pickguard by Nick Bachman in the pre-war style. The reverse plating thing is gorgeous, IMO. I'd love to play this one.
-
Waow, impressive work. Thank you so much for sharing those projects on the forum.
-
This is the fantastic content that keeps me on this forum!
-
Originally Posted by arno_byr
-
Yes, but what strikes me the most is that the length of the neck block is maybe a third shorter than the one I have stuck in my repro.
The finished instrument weight around and 2.2 kg without all the hardware. And maybe it can be lightened a bit more the without damaging the strength of the neck joint.
-
Originally Posted by arno_byr
-
Here's the guitar that was build with a late 1950s L-4/L-4C top. It's a thinline, short-scale, rosewood trim, and Acer Saccharum back. It has a strong acoustic voice. Note the snakehead, Gibson-style tuners, dot inlays, strap button placement, and Gibson f-holes. Pure performance machine:
-
Thank you for your reply and to have taken the time to weight it.
That's a light instrument considering the weight of the hardware.
A superb project
-
This thread shows an impressive list of stunning guitars...
2 new & excellent Jazz Comping Truefire...
Today, 10:22 PM in Comping, Chords & Chord Progressions